Edgy Mama
Parenting columnist, beer goddess, chronically tired.
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Affiliation:
Mountain Xpress alt-weekly
Location:
Asheville, NC
Birthday:
March 25
 
Edgy Mama

Edgy Mama Happy Thanksgiving, y'all.

13 hours ago
Tj
Tj
Happy Thanksgiving, Miss. Hey what is the deal? Why did they leave you and the News of the Weird out of the new Asheville Express? I missed you!
7 hours ago
Edgy Mama
Edgy Mama

Edgy Mama Told kids they'll have to dress up some for tomorrow's family dinner. Son: "Can I dress up as a pilgrim?"

Yesterday at 11:28am
Thomas Theodore Graser
Thomas Theodore Graser
As long as he keeps his hat buckled.
Yesterday at 11:31am
Edgy Mama

Edgy Mama Crossing lines and breaking rules

Yesterday at 10:27am
Edgy Mama

Edgy Mama Brews News: go west, beer lovers!

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Go west, young (and old) brew lovers, to quaff the beers created by brew master Chris Collier, who hopes to open Nantahala Brewing Company in Bryson City this spring.
Edgy Mama

Edgy Mama This week's Mountain Xpress "parenting" column is not appropriate for school

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Every once in a while I feel guilty about not volunteering at my kids’ school more often. That’s when I make the mistake of blurting out half-baked ideas. Ideas like: “Hey, I want to ...
Peggy Eisenhauer
Peggy Eisenhauer
I taught journalism at a local private religious school while I was getting my masters. I had 2 classes, one that put out the school paper and one that was current events. What was being covered in the ATL Journal my 1st week? The Bowers vs. Hardwick sodomy litigation. I will never forget the classroom exchange: 10th grade boy: "What is sodomy... See More?" 12th grade girl (rolling her eyes) "I can't believe you don't know that! Everyone knows that sodomy is when people have sex but not a bed." Is it any wonder I'm not still teaching??
Mon at 10:52am
Edgy Mama
Edgy Mama
That's a great story, P. Thanks for sharing!
Mon at 10:55am
Edgy Mama

Edgy Mama Happy to be home in Asheville, even though it's raining. Again. #avl

November 22 at 4:32pm
Tj
Tj
Welcome home, young lady! Asheville missed you!
Mon at 9:37am
Edgy Mama

Edgy Mama Writer? Live in N.C.? Join the N.C. Writers' Network. Rocks.

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Edgy Mama

Edgy Mama Now I'm wishing I was purple-bedecked and watching the crowd from the Mountain Xpress float in the Holiday parade.

November 21 at 8:54am
Tj
Tj
I wish I was watching a parade.. but, alas, I am hard at work, making sure you all get your mail...
November 21 at 12:10pm
Bill Drew
Bill Drew
and enjoying a Craggie beer!
November 21 at 12:31pm
Edgy Mama

Edgy Mama Hate when one person monopolizes panel...and panel lets it happen.

November 21 at 8:47am
Tj
Tj
I hate it when people monopolize the conversation, and then laugh because they think it is FUNNY
November 21 at 7:07pm
Edgy Mama

Edgy Mama Foggy here in Wrightsville Beach, N.C. But I can hear the ocean.

November 20 at 4:50am
Tj
Tj
Rainy here in Hendersonville, NC... and I can hear the resident dipsticks flapping their jaws
November 20 at 8:29am
TC Sandford
TC Sandford
Siesta Key is 80° and sunny.
November 21 at 7:32am
Edgy Mama

Edgy Mama Kids' musician Julie Maccarin looking for local parent and kid to be interviewed with her by WLOSer Victoria Dunkle about her CD, "Little One." Contact Julie at littleonecd@gmail.com if interested.

November 18 at 12:12pm
Edgy Mama

Edgy Mama Careful what you ask for. Raining again in Asheville. #avl

November 18 at 5:49am
Leslie Lamb Sloan
Leslie Lamb Sloan
Who asked for the rain? I will find them and beat them.
November 18 at 9:27am
Bill Drew
Bill Drew
well come and drown in Craggie beer!
November 18 at 10:51am
Edgy Mama
Edgy Mama
Sorry I'm missing the soft and hard openings of Craggie, Bill. I'm out of town (on business, really!). But I'll have another Brews News soon.
November 20 at 8:19am
Edgy Mama

Edgy Mama This week's column: kind of a chatty love letter to polar bears

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Since this week’s Mountain Xpress is the Green Living issue, I’m tackling the subject of living sustainably. And explaining why both polar bears and you are awesome.
Edgy Mama

Edgy Mama Too much Cold Mountain last night--though I didn't think there could be such a thing. Thanks, James. #avlbeer

November 15 at 5:32am
James
James
If we had consumed the same quantity of Budweiser, we would be dead. All hail good brew.
November 15 at 5:56am
Julie Radcliffe Atallah
Julie Radcliffe Atallah
hahaha He does have a point there. Always thought death by drowning or fire were my worst fears. Thanks for adding a new one to that list: Death by Budweiser. *shudder*
November 15 at 6:50am
Thomas Theodore Graser
Thomas Theodore Graser
It was the Flower Power IPA from Ithaca Brewing that did us in.
November 15 at 7:58am